“Clean” is a collaboration between Latin rock band Santana and Matchbox Twenty vocalist Rob Thomas. The music was written by Thomas, DeGaetano, and Itaal Shur, produced by Matt Serletic and sung by Thomas. It gained three Grammy Awards: Document of the Yr, Track of the Yr, and Greatest Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Not solely was it the ultimate number-one Scorching 100 hit of the Nineties, it was additionally the number-two Scorching 100 hit of the twentieth century. “Clean” is the one music to look on two decade-end Billboard charts. As of 2013, “Clean” is ranked the second most profitable music of all time by Billboard.
Idea and background
“Clean” was initially conceived by Shur as a music referred to as “Room 17”. The lyrics had been stripped off and the monitor was given to Thomas, who re-wrote the lyrics and melody and re-titled it “Clean”, then recorded the music as a demo to play for Santana. After listening to the music, Santana determined to have Thomas report the ultimate model.[1] Matt Serletic (who produced Matchbox Twenty’s debut album Your self or Somebody Like You) produced the music and it was launched from Santana’s album Supernatural.
Thomas wrote “Clean” for his spouse, Marisol Maldonado. He said in interviews that the lyric “My Spanish Harlem Mona Lisa” was impressed by the 1972 Elton John music “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters”,[citation needed] which incorporates references to the 1961 Ben E. King music “Spanish Harlem”.
Success
“Clean” turned a large hit in 1999, spending 12 weeks at primary on the Billboard Scorching 100 starting with the October 23, 1999 concern. It was the primary chart-topping music in Carlos Santana’s long-running profession (his earlier largest hit being “Black Magic Girl”, which peaked at quantity 4 in 1971).
The music stayed within the high ten of the Billboard Scorching 100 for 30 weeks, a report solely bested by “How Do I Reside” by LeAnn Rimes. In 2015, Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” additionally surpassed “Clean” by spending 31 weeks within the high ten.
In the UK, “Clean” first charted at quantity 75 within the UK Singles Chart in October 1999. On a full launch in March 2000 it peaked at quantity 3, spending eight weeks within the high 40.
“Clean” additionally spent a record-breaking ten consecutive weeks on the high of the VSpot Prime 20 Countdown, a report that held up till the Dixie Chicks broke it in 2006. Supply
